Family violence and police response : learning from research, policy and practice in European countries / edited by Wilma Smeenk and Marijke Malsch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smeenk, Wilma Hendrika.

Malsch, M. (Marijke)

Series:

Advances in criminology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family violence--Europe.

Family violence.

Victims of crimes--Europe--Attitudes.

Victims of crimes.

Police--Europe--Attitudes.

Police.

Police-community relations--Europe.

Police-community relations.

Europe.

Physical Description:

xii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2005]

Contents:

Introduction / Wilma Smeenk and Marijke Malsch

Challenges of surveying violence against women : development of research methods / Natalia Ollus and Sami Nevala

Critical issues related to the measurement of intimate partner violence : a clustering analysis of psychometric scores / Juanjo Medina-Ariza and Eduardo Fe-Rodriguez

Violence against women in France and issues of ethnicity / Stéphanie Condon

Moving in the same or different directions? : reflections on recent developments in domestic violence legislation in Europe / Liz Kelly

Violence against women in the Swedish context / Peter Lindström

Legal processing of domestic violence cases in the Italian criminal justice system / Anna C. Baldry

Family violence against women in Greece / Sevaste Chatzifotiou

(Un)Organised responses to domestic violence : challenges and changes in Switzerland / Corinna Seith

Abuser programmes and violence against women / Russell P. Dobash and Rebecca Emerson Dobash

Legislation on family violence and stalking / Marijke Malsch and Wilma Smeenk

Family violence and police response : learning from research, policy and practice / Wilma Smeenk and Marijke Malsch.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754625060

OCLC:

58043279